Raising Blessings

Yesterday we celebrated thanksgiving with JJ’s brother and sister-in-law, they brought the Turkey but forgot to defrost it. The ideal way to thaw turkey is to have it in the refridgerator for two or three days another way is to defrost it in cold water (changing the water every 30 minutes) which takes several hours [...]

A few days ago I realized that my camera stopped working. We think the hooks that hold the memory card in place broke off because the memory card would not stay in and the camera would not read the card. JJ knew how much I missed out on taking pictures of the kids I wanted [...]

After two girls we now have a baby boy. Only, he’s not real he’s a virtual baby! I think he’s quite cute. But our real kids are a lot cuter! He actually does look a little like Rebekah! We named him Joshua James – Little JJ! Joshua is such a popular name so he will [...]

Two years ago as part of one of my child development classes I became certified to perform the Denver ll test which is a developmental screening test for newborns to children aged 6. While unpacking I found my testing kit and thought it would be fun to see how my kids compare with other kids [...]

Use this code at any redbox kiosk for a free 1 day rental: 2MNC92 What we used our code for Last week: Journey To The Center Of The Earth We heard that this movie bombed at the box office so we were not expecting much but it was actually an enjoyable movie. It is the [...]

We have owned our home for a week now and of course we are discussing ways to decorate our house to make it our own. Since JJ nor I really have any interior decorating knowledge I have turned to InvitingHome.com for some inspiration. I really like this website because the ideas are things I would [...]

So I am sure everyone really wants to see what kind of house we got for $109,000. Here it is: It is small (850 SQ Feet) but cute. I love that there is a vegetable garden and a portion of the backyard is fully fenced but I would like to get a fence built around [...]

I have noticed that a lot of the blogger blogs I visit show when the blogs on thier blogrolls were last updated and I decided that I would like that on my blogroll so I went on a hunt for WP plugin that would do this. After trying three different plugins that claimed to do [...]